Soil health and sustainable agriculture

M M. Tahat, K M. Alananbeh, Y A. Othman… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
A healthy soil acts as a dynamic living system that delivers multiple ecosystem services,
such as sustaining water quality and plant productivity, controlling soil nutrient recycling …

Paddy soils have a much higher microbial biomass content than upland soils: A review of the origin, mechanisms, and drivers

L Wei, T Ge, Z Zhu, R Ye, J Penuelas, Y Li… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2022 - Elsevier
Many studies have shown that the microbial biomass content in paddy soils is much higher
than that in upland soils, but a comprehensive review of the underlying mechanisms and …

From lab to field: role of humic substances under open-field and greenhouse conditions as biostimulant and biocontrol agent

K Jindo, FL Olivares, DJP Malcher… - Frontiers in plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The demand for biostimulants has been growing at an annual rate of 10 and 12.4% in
Europe and Northern America, respectively. The beneficial effects of humic substances (HS) …

Correlations between soil metabolomics and bacterial community structures in the pepper rhizosphere under plastic greenhouse cultivation

Y Song, X Li, S Yao, X Yang, X Jiang - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Microbial communities in the plant rhizosphere are critical drivers of soil organic matter
conversion and thus affect plant growth, especially under plastic greenhouse vegetable …

Comparison of network connectivity and environmental driving factors of root-associated fungal communities of desert ephemeral plants in two habitat soils

M Peng, H He, X Wang, Z Wang, L Zhuang - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Root-associated microorganisms regulate plant growth and development, and their
distribution is likely influenced by habitat conditions. In this study, the responses of …

Impact of biochar on the degradation rates of three pesticides by vegetables and its effects on soil bacterial communities under greenhouse conditions

C Sun, Y Liu, K Bei, W Zheng, Q Wang, Q Wang - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
A 28 days pesticide degradation experiment was conducted for broccoli (Brassica oleracea
L. var. italica Planch) and pakchoi (Brassica chinensis L.) with three pesticides …

Functions of mineral-solubilizing microbes and a water retaining agent for the remediation of abandoned mine sites

C Li, Z Jia, X Peng, L Zhai, B Zhang, X Liu… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
There has been a rapid increase in abandoned mines across China, Consequently, external-
soil spray seeding technologies have emerged as a common method for their remediation …

Different in root exudates and rhizosphere microorganisms effect on nitrogen removal between three emergent aquatic plants in surface flow constructed wetlands

X Li, Y Li, J Wu - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Swine wastewater contains high concentration of nitrogen (N), causing pollution of
surrounding water bodies. Constructed wetlands (CWs) are considered as an effective …

Agro-environmental applications of humic substances: A critical review

AA Mosa, A Taha, M Elsaeid - Egyptian Journal of Soil Science, 2020 - journals.ekb.eg
Improving crop productivity in a sustainable manner represents one of the most important
future challenges to provide sufficient food, feed and fiber supplies with minimum …

Response of plant rhizosphere microenvironment to water management in soil-and substrate-based controlled environment agriculture (CEA) systems: A review

B Tan, Y Li, T Liu, X Tan, Y He, X You… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
As natural agroecology deteriorates, controlled environment agriculture (CEA) systems
become the backup support for coping with future resource consumption and potential food …